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Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Google docs in Plain English

Useful little video from CommonCraft which not only explains the whole Google docs process in a simple, visual style... but also further explains some of the benefits of using web 2.0 facilities for collaborative working. Who wants to e-mail umpteen copies of the same thing to various recipients when Google docs (or other online office suites... or wikis etc) could do the job much better. Yes, there are limits as to some of the technical features these things can offer, but if you want to work collaboratively, these services are a much better place to start than lonely Word documents. Wonder what Microsoft will offer to compete on this score??

Anyway... here's the video. Definitely one to stash as a good resource!

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I work at the University of Derby as the Learning Designer in the Innovation Hub. Was previously the Learning Technologies Manager at the University of Sheffield; have worked for the Open University as an Associate Lecturer / Consultant; and also as Senior eLearning Developer at Nottingham Trent University. I'm on the development group for CMALT (for the Association for Learning Technology) and the Academic Support Group for UCISA. I also chair the East Midlands Learning Technologists' Group. I'm interested in the impact of technology on learning and everyday life... and curious about most stuff! I've been taking a photo a day for the past couple of years and have loved photography for far longer than that. This is my personal Google account.